Japanese Kanji

gen

gunwale

Secondary school · 11 strokes

Readings

  • ONゲンgen
  • KUNふなばたfunabata
  • KUNふなべりfunaberi

Meaning

Gunwale.

Stroke order for 舷

舷 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 11 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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